In the entire world, أليف (Alev 
, أليف ) is a common female forename. The first name أليف is characteristic of Turkey, where it is quite a common girly name, Bulgaria, where it is a rare epicene name, and Greece, where it is a rare feminine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Turkey, Germany, and Nigeria. Very seldom, أليف is the last name as well as the forename.